Underworld : Awakening (2012)

Underworld : Awakening Synopsis

Underworld: Awakening brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

Selene's days aren't up yet. Despite rumblings that the Underworld franchise would barrel on without her, Kate Beckinsale is attached to continue playing the gorgeous vampire warrior for at least one more film. And there's a lot more to come in the wave of Underworld franchising.

Divergent star Theo James will be reprising his role as the vampire David in the upcoming fifth installment in the Underworld film series. He'll be joined by two yet to be cast female leads for the next battle in the vampire and lycan war.

Similar to Screen Gems' other major franchise, Resident Evil, the Underworld movies were always far more successful internationally than there were here in the United States. While none of the films thus far have managed to break $65 million here in the States, the box office numbers balloon to triple digits when the foreign markets are accounted for.

The official plot synopsis for Awakening finds Selene (Beckinsale) in the middle of a war between humans, vampires and Lycan. Basically, mankind has uncovered the identity of the supernatural beasts, and now is waging war to try and eradicate them from the face of our planet. But really, all Beckinsale fans need to know is that she’s wearing the black leather, and she’s brandishing hand cannons.

The official plot synopsis for Awakening finds Selene (Beckinsale) in the middle of a war between humans, vampires and Lycan. Basically, mankind has uncovered the identity of the supernatural beasts, and now is waging war to try and eradicate them from the face of our planet. But really, all Beckinsale fans need to know is that she’s wearing the black leather, and she’s brandishing hand cannons.

Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein are directing Awakening, though the script is credited to original helmer Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, and Allison Burnett. The plot involves a war between vampires, Lycan, and humankind – who has discovered the existence of the previous two monster races, and is uniting in an effort to eradicate them from the face of the earth.

Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein are directing Awakening, though the script is credited to original helmer Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, and Allison Burnett. The plot involves a war between vampires, Lycan, and humankind – who has discovered the existence of the previous two monster races, and is uniting in an effort to eradicate them from the face of the earth.

The fourth Underworld, co-directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein, returns Beckinsale as Selene, the stealth warrior who emerges from imprisonment to find a world where humanity has recognized the existence of vampires and werewolves, and now must join in the fight to eradicate both monster races from the planet. Original co-star Scott Speedman’s rumored to be returning as Michael Corvin.

The fourth Underworld film will be released on IMAX by Sony Picture’s Entertainment as a day-and-date release on Jan. 20, 2012. It’s the first installment in the series to be screened in IMAX, as well as the first to screen in 3D. And as Will points out, the latest trailer appears to go out of its way to utilize the technology by throwing as much as it can off the screen at its audience.

The fourth Underworld film will be released on IMAX by Sony Picture’s Entertainment as a day-and-date release on Jan. 20, 2012. It’s the first installment in the series to be screened in IMAX, as well as the first to screen in 3D. And as Will points out, the latest trailer appears to go out of its way to utilize the technology by throwing as much as it can off the screen at its audience.

A fourth Underworld film looms on the horizon subtitled Awakening that presents an imprisoned Selene, played by a returning Kate Beckinsale, with a new world where humans have entered the battle, eager to hunt and kill vamps and lichens alike. Joining the cast this time around is Charles Dance, who you may recognize as Tywin Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones

Beckinsale starred in the first two movies, but bowed out of the third, and was replaced by Kate Beckinsale lookalike Rhona Mitra. Now Wiseman says Underworld 4 is being written and should it come together